Live Updates: US begins 'tanker for tanker policy' on Iranian ships, Tehran strikes US targets across Mideast
Trump: ‘Couldn't care less' if Iran signs agreement • IRGC tells Arab nations to expel US forces or face 'crushing' response • Sirens sound in northern Israel
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US launches new 'tanker for tanker' policy, strikes Iranian ships in Strait of Hormuz - report
The strikes mark the first time that the US has launched direct retaliatory strikes on Iranian ships in the strait, rather than preventing them from violating the US-imposed naval blockade.
Attacks on Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq as Iran launches retaliatory strikes against US bases
Explosions heard in Eilat as sirens sound in southern Jordan following Iranian attacks. Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari stated that Iran “will no longer exercise restraint."
Israel and the US launched Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury on February 28, with the stated aim of creating conditions for regime change
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by an Israeli strike on a Tehran bunker. Iran’s defense minister and several IRGC generals were also killed in the largest-ever aerial attack by the IAF
Iran retaliated by firing across the Middle East at Gulf nations and US military bases in the region
Thirty-nine IDF soldiers and 23 civilians have been killed, and at least 7,693 more injured in ballistic missile attacks across Israel since February 28 • 18 US soldiers killed, CENTCOM says
A ceasefire deal was announced on April 7 and went into effect on April 8
